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attenuated towards the stem, equal, rarely forked, sometimes showing venose 
cross-connections, rather narrow (lin., 6 mm., deep), close, pure white, later 
with a creamy tint. Stem 11 to Sin. (3.7 to 5 cm.), stout, smooth to slightly 
striate or rugose, slightly attenuated upwards or downwards or equal, sometimes 
flattened, solid or sometimes hollow, pure white. Flesh thin, slightly coloured 
under the cuticle, fragile. Taste mild or with a very slight peppery taste. Spores 
warty, white, 7.5 to 11 p, 9 x 7.5 p. Cystidia on the pileus sometimes numerous, 
acuminate with broad bases, 19 to 38 x 7.5 p. South Australia — Mount Lofty, 
Morialta. March to July. 
••♦Flesh not becoming black, taste distinctly acrid. 
No South Australian species recorded. 
VTII. Pellicle of the pileus viscid, separable, destitute of cystidia. Margin 
rounded, generally striate. Flesh fragile. Taste mild, rarely acrid. 
Gills equal or subequal, rounded in front, somewhat free. Spores 
whitish cream to yellow ochre, rarely pure white. 
[From watercolour by Hiss Buxton. 
Figure 28. — Russula purpureo-llttva Clel. (No. 236). Mount Lofty. Reduced by 3 . 
236. Russula purpureo-flava Clel. (L., purpureus, purple; flav-us, light yellow. 
In reference to the colours of the pileus and the gills). — Pileus up to 2 jin. 
(5.8 cm.), somewhat irregular and slightly depressed, slightly sticky, cuticle 
peeling, Jasper Red (xm.) to purplish-red and very dark purplish-brown 
(Pompeian Red, xm.; near Mars Violet, xxxvu. ; in parts sometimes near Dark 
Vinaceous Purple, xxxvin.; occasionally with yellowish-brown paler areas). Gills 
udnate, moderately close, rather narrow, attenuated both ways, near Naples 
Yellow to Mustard Yellow (XVI.) or Maize Yellow to Buff Yellow (iv.). Stem 
Ij-in. (3.7 cm.), fin. (1(1 mm.) thick above, equal or attenuated downwards, 
surface a little rough, pithy, pale yellowish with rosy tints to rosy (Coral Pink, 
xm.), yellowish towards the base. Flesh white with yellow tinges, thin, 
attenuated outwards. Taste mild. Spores microscopically slightly tinted to 
yellowish, subspherical pear-shaped, 7.5 to 10 p, 8 to 8.5 x 6.5 to 7 p. No 
cystidia detected on the pileus. South Australia — Mount Lofty. Stirling West, 
KuiCpo, Tweedvale, Kalangadoo (S.K.). New South Wales — Ryde near Sydney. 
March to July. (Plate V. Right figure.) (Figure 28.) 
